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LaForest Shelley Johnson
Director & CEO/President
Tenika D. Johnson
Director & Treasurer
Ruth M. Norris
Director
Mary E. Richardson
Director & Vice President
Jane White
Director & Secretary
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Rev. Michael & Mrs. Ruth Norris
Senior Pastor & First Lady
Destiny Baptist Church
Women of Power, Prayer & Presence Fellowship was birthed out of what was to be a one on one teaching and mentoring session through the Bible in March 2010 for a mentee of Apostle LaForest Shelley Johnson. However, it quickly transitioned into a Tuesday Night Bible Study with three women in attendance on the first night. After faithfully leading Bible Study for three years in her home, the Spirit of the Lord impressed upon her during a Tuesday Night Bible Study session in March of 2013, that Tuesday Night Bible Study was to be a fellowship open to all women.
So, whether the women were members of a church or not, they could fellowship and partner with the women of WOPPPF, Inc. and do the work of ministry, while maintaining their membership at their local assemblies.
She was instructed by the Spirit of the Lord that the fellowship was to be called Women of Power, Prayer & Presence. He told her it was important that it be established as a fellowship because fellowship denotes, communion, spiritual unity, oneness, friendship, sisterhood and most of all, partnership. It is to represent a network of women that God infuses together to manifest His Kingdom in the earth, while working with the Spirit of the Lord to fulfill His will and demonstrate His power in the lives of the women and children He called us to transform.
Thus began the faith journey of establishing the fellowship, Women of Power, Prayer & Presence, also known as “WOPPPF, Inc.” The fellowship was established by the Spirit of the Lord, Apostle LaForest Shelley Johnson and the core group of women who faithfully attended Tuesday Night Bibles Study.
- A Fellowship that serves and empowers women through fostering relationships and partnerships
- Educate, Equip, Empower & Impart the Word of the Kingdom, its truths, principles and laws to women, making them Disciples of Christ and Sons of God
- Restore women to a place of wholeness that they may discover their true identity in Christ Jesus, be filled with the love of God and be equipped with the ministry gifts of the Holy Ghost to do the work of ministry
- Meet the physical and educational needs of children
- Establish a Faith-
based, Christ- centered, Spirit- filled and Holy Ghost led and directed fellowship
that
- Encourages ministry to women on all levels, of every color, race, creed and nationality through being infused together by the Spirit of the Lord for the work of ministry
that
- Produces a Network of Women manifesting the Kingdom of God and the will of the Father in the earth with signs, wonders and miracles following!
Our Pledge is to:
- Commit this work unto our Lord and the Holy Ghost
- Fulfill the mission and vision as the Holy Ghost directs
- Exhibit Integrity and Godly Character: a lifestyle that exemplifies a standard of living of righteousness and holiness based on the scriptures of the infallible Holy Bible
- Serve, empower and meet the holistic needs of women
- Meet the physical and educational needs of children
- Ensure legal, ethical and operational integrity and maintain fiduciary accountability
Apostle LaForest (Shelley) Johnson is the Visionary & President of Women of Power, Prayer & Presence Fellowship, Inc. (WOPPPF, Inc.), a 501(c)(3) non-
Apostle Johnson’s call is to equip, empower, and activate others into their purpose and destiny. She is Apostolic & Prophetic in nature, a Servant Leader, Prophetic Intercessor, Worshipper, Mentor, Motivational Speaker, Life Coach, Trainer, Teacher, Administrator, Entrepreneur, and Business Owner. She functions under the unction of the Holy Ghost as He wills. She has served in various levels of leadership in ministry: Women’s Ministry Overseer, Intercessory Prayer Leader, Warfare & Corporate Prayer Leader, Ministerial Staff Trainer, Prison & Abortion Clinic Ministry, and so much more.
A native of Richmond, Virginia, Apostle LaForest is married and has 3 children and one grandson.
One of her favorite scriptures she stands on and live by is: Psalm 27:4, 8
One thing have I asked of the Lord, that will I seek, inquire for, and [insistently] require: that I may dwell in the house of the Lord [in His presence] all the days of my life, to behold and gaze upon the beauty [the sweet attractiveness and the delightful loveliness] of the Lord and to meditate, consider, and inquire in His temple.
You have said, seek My face [inquire for and require My presence as your vital need]. My heart says to You, Your face (Your presence), Lord, will I seek, inquire for, and require [of necessity and on the authority of Your Word].
Pastor Mary Elizabeth Richardson known as Sister Mary was born and raised in Richmond, Virginia to the late Benjamin F. Cole and Louise Gault-
A gifted and powerful leader, visionary, provocative thinker for the 21st Century Kingdom Church. She is a worshipper of dance and mime, a believer in the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
Pastor Mary is the Vice-
Pastor Mary accepted her call on September 24, 1994 at Mt. Vernon Baptist Church after running from God and her call. She studied at Virginia Union University, Faith Landmarks Ministries Bible School, and St. Augustine’s College in Raleigh, N.C.
She is a loving wife, mother, daughter, sister, auntie and so much more to so many.
Her favorite scripture is Matthew 6:33:
But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.
Tenika D. Johnson began her career as an Accountant for Rockwell Collins and is now working as a Financial Analyst II for Transamerica.
In addition to experience in the corporate world, she has just under 2 years of experience as an Assistant Educator in a museum and several years of volunteer experience at both the local and national level. In her role as an Assistant Educator, she created and implemented lesson plans for preschool, elementary and middle school students, constructed and delivered presentations for teens and adults, lead tours and workshops for groups of all ages, designed and implemented community outreach programs and assisted with the planning and implementation of special events.
Notable volunteer experience includes positions as Treasurer for the local chapter of a non-
Currently she is serving as Women of Power, Prayer and Presence Fellowship, Inc.’s Secretary. Her nonprofit experience has been invaluable to the ministry..
Ruth Marlena Norris serves as the esteem First Lady of the Destiny Baptist Church in Martinsburg, West Virgina alongside of her husband, Dr. Michael V. Norris, senior pastor of Destiny from August 2011 to present.
Ruth original place of domicile and educational matriculation is the state of Florida, specifically, Jacksonville, Florida.
Ruth graduated from Paxon Senior High School in 1973 where she was a member of DCT {Diversified Cooperative Training} a work program that provided skills and acclimated students to the professional context and settings of corporate America which introduced Ruth to her first employer Prudential Insurance Inc., of which she successfully employed for 15 years. After leaving Prudential, she joined the Blue Cross Blue Shield Insurance Company of Jacksonville, Florida and other subsidiaries of Blue Cross Blue Shield located to Richmond Virginia combining an additional12 years in corporate America. Ruth later joined the retail industry where she was employed with J C Penny, Macy’s, and Dillard’s before retiring in 2015.
Ruth has been apart of her husband’s life in ministry, educational landscape from his matriculation from undergraduate work to his doctoral work conferred at Luthe Rice College and Seminary in May 2024. As a Senior Pastor of five churches throughout America, from the Southern to the Northern parts of the country, Ruth has given exceptional leadership and an aspiring matriarchal touch to countless families who have endured crisis, loss of family members, the challenge of young couples starting out as new parents, the wounds from divorce and being a bridge of hope in what sometimes appear hopeless situations. Ruth embodies in personality and a living theology of what it truly means to personify “to live a life of compassion.”
Ruth now lives out her retirement years with a focus and commitment to share and grace every person she encounters with the grace she has been shown and showered by the Savior who shows her daily, “she was worth saving.” It is that kind of focus and commitment that keeps her engaged with the ministry and mission of WOPPPF, Inc. led by the anointed Apostle LaForest Johnson and women who bare the scars of ministry and service.
Jane A White, is a believer, wife, mother, grandmother and entrepreneur. Her background is in the Call Center industry for over 30 years. She has worked in the secular and faith based industry, for a major catalog clothing company as well as numerous television and radio faith based ministries.
She was able to enhance her faith while engaging with those ministries that encouraged those calling for various items on both ends of the call.
She has a genuine and true love for God's people and His word. She believes in Matthew 6:33, "But seek first of all His Kingdom and His righteousness and then these things taken together will be given you besides."
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